 Sat Apr 09, 2005 23:34 pm Difference between say and tell |
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Say is used in the sense of speak often used in indirect speech: She said that she would come or questions about someone's words: What did you say? Tell is used more in the sense of inform and usually has an object: He told me he would come or She told the children a story.
To see how the verb tell works, have a look at the piece I've written on the site under the heading ESL lessons and the item called Indirect Speech.
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